First and most importantly, thank you to all the members that have given support and helped to develop ThePaperCeiling.com. This is a work in progress and I know there will be many updates and changes along the way.



My favorite recent discovery Lynda.com



Lynda.com is an on line training site with over 600 classes that can be taken in multiple technical, programming and creative on line classes starting at $25 per month. If you know… Continue

Standford has finished posting their series for a free online course for iPhone Application Programing!



Thanks to Twitter @styggiti for the find.



The course can be found here:



http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193p/cgi-bin/index.php



If you have the skillz to get into iPhone or Android (Google Phone) development, the sky is the limit for… Continue

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Today on Slashdot, there is a post that has over 700 replies so far that sums up ThePaperCeiling.com:



Ask Slashdot: IT Job Without a Degree?



Special thanks to TPC member Erich Newell for giving me a heads up! Looks like it struck a nerve and it asks the same thing we ask here TPC. Here was my response (edited to remove user I replied to):



I have been… Continue

I went to the Phoenix IT Summit yesterday that was sponsored by Fusion Storm and was talking to someone that told me you can classes from MIT online for free! I was blown away. From the site:



"MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity."



It is amazing… Continue

Welcome to the paper ceiling.com (TPC)! TPC is my dream to have a place where people of like minds can get together and network to look for jobs that will accept experience over having a degree and pay $100K or more. I believe in the power of the mind over paper. There is no magic wand, and school won't do it either. Never confuse learning with education. Always be learning and growing.

-Tim